Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1833
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Zikomo
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Chonde
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pepani
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
anatsanzikana
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Intha
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Burma
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
birman
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bamar people
Origin
15th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mya
ISO 639 2/B
nya
bur
ISO 639 3
nya
mya
ISO 639 6
nya
mya
Glottocode
nyan1308
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating